Antarctica •
February 12 –
Jang Bogo Station opens.
Australia •
date unknown –
Infinity Tower,
the tallest building in Brisbane, is completed (until 2016). •
November 11 –
Dr Chau Chak Wing Building,
University of Technology, Sydney, designed by
Frank Gehry, is completed.
Canada •
September 18 –
Aga Khan Museum in
Toronto, opens. •
September 19 –
Canadian Museum for Human Rights in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba, designed by
Antoine Predock, opens. •
December 13 –
Halifax Central Library in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, designed by Fowler Bauld and
schmidt hammer lassen architects, opens.
France •
October 28 –
Louis Vuitton Foundation in
Paris, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.
Germany • February –
Taunusturm in
Frankfurt opens.
Iran • October –
Tabiat Bridge in Tehran, designed by
Leila Araghian, opens.
Italy •
October 17 –
Bosco Verticale in
Milan, by
Stefano Boeri opens.
Latvia •
August 29 – New
National Library of Latvia building in
Riga, designed by
Gunnar Birkerts, opens.
Netherlands •
March 13 - The new
Rotterdam Central Station building, by
Benthem Crouwel Architekten opens.
Panama •
October 2 –
Biomuseo in
Panama City, designed by Frank Gehry, opens.
Philippines •
July 21 –
Philippine Arena,
the world's largest indoor domed-arena, in Ciudad de Victoria,
Bocaue and
Santa Maria,
Bulacan, is completed.
Poland •
Szczecin Philharmonic Hall, by
Barozzi Veiga, is completed.
Romania • Summer – The
Maryam Mosque, a mosque for Romanian converts to Islam in
Rediu, is completed.
Taiwan •
November 23 –
National Taichung Theater, by
Toyo Ito with
Cecil Balmond, is opened.
United Arab Emirates •
Marina 101, supertall skyscraper in
Dubai, projected for completion. If completed before
World One will become
the tallest residential building in the world upon completion.
United Kingdom • July – Buildings in London designed by
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners completed: •
122 Leadenhall Street in the
City. •
World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre,
British Museum. • August –
20 Fenchurch Street in the City of London, designed by
Rafael Viñoly, completed. •
September 16 –
The News Building (London), designed by
Renzo Piano, officially opened and named. •
September 29 –
Weston Library, a major reconstruction of the
University of Oxford's New
Bodleian Library by
WilkinsonEyre, opens to readers. •
December 9 –
University of Greenwich Stockwell Street Building, designed by
heneghan peng architects (hparc), opened. •
London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, designed by
O'Donnell & Tuomey. •
Burntwood School,
Wandsworth, London, designed by
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, completed; awarded 2015
Stirling Prize. •
Everyman Theatre,
Liverpool, designed by
Haworth Tompkins, completed and awarded Stirling Prize. •
Maggie's palliative care centres opened in •
Lanarkshire, designed by Reiach and Hall (September). •
Oxford, designed by
Wilkinson Eyre Architects (October).
United States •
October 1 — Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at
Cornell University is dedicated, designed by
Thom Mayne of
Morphosis Architects. •
October 9 –
Windhover Contemplative Center, designed by Aidlin Darling Design, opens at
Stanford University. •
October 10 –
432 Park Avenue,
the tallest residential buildings in the world is topped out. •
November 3 –
One World Trade Center in New York City, designed by
David Childs of
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with
Daniel Libeskind, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, opens. •
One57, one of
the tallest buildings in New York City became the tallest mixed-use (residential and hotel) skyscraper in the city. ==Exhibitions==